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Jim Hediger use the opposite main track to clear a scheduled train on this busy route. A second double-ended siding loops behind the depot to serve as a team track where trucks can handle small shipments. An unloading platform was provided adjacent to the grade crossing. The Red Star Mills elevator looks like it was one of the town’s largest customers. A driveway passes beneath the delivery canopy, while a loading spout angles down to load boxcars spotted on the adjacent team track. The timetable also notes that Corning had another important feature that isn’t in the photo. It had a siding, 132 cars long, between the main lines in the straightaway just west of town. Manually operated turnouts at both ends allowed trains to enter this middle siding from either end “as the way is seen to be clear.” Then spring switches at the opposite ends allowed a train to depart from the passing siding and return to its proper main line without stopping. Agency work. The agent regularly contacted his customers to inform them of arriving loads and gather orders for empty cars. He also inspected any empties that had been released by a customer and filled out a car condition report. He called his car orders in to a car distributor at a nearby yard so an appropriate car would be reassigned or sent out in the next day’s local freight. Later on, the agent made up a switch list so the local’s conductor would know what work needed to be done in town. Meanwhile, he checked on any out- bound loaded cars, closed the doors, applied the door seals, and prepared the waybills and other paperwork needed to get the cars picked up and on their way. In short, the small town agents were the railroad’s primary salesmen. A good one was a major asset to the company and his customers, but someone who didn’t care usually didn’t last long. For more information on modeling this era, see Model Railroader’s special issue How To Model Railroads of the 1950s, which arrives in late April 2011. – Jim Hediger, senior editor Send your questions about prototype railroading to Information Desk, Model Railroader magazine, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187, or e-mail proto@mrmag.com. We regret we can’t answer all the questions we receive. FOUR OF A KIND this colorful, limited-edition series of woodsided reefers by Lionel. Only 1,000 cars of each design will be produced. Each reefer has opening doors, die-cast trucks, and metal couplers. Vintage and modern graphics of Lionel products are shown on both sides of the doors. W Order all four cars as a commemorative set and save your receipt. It’s valid for $20 off on a subsequent order totaling $150 or more on one invoice of Lionel products through our store. Orders for commemorative reefers will be fi lled on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis by mail, phone, or fax while the supply lasts. Price of each car: $49.95. Select the one(s) you want, then add $9 for S&H for one or up to four cars. PA residents only: add 6% sales tax. We accept Mastercard, Visa, and checks made payable to “Nicholas Smith Trains.” What a snazzy way to celebrate an important benchmark! Nicholas Smith Trains is commemorating its 100th anniversary year as a Lionel® dealer by offering CAR #1: 6-19580 CAR #2: 6-19582 CAR #3: 6-19583 CAR #4: 6-19584 Name: _________________________________________________ Phone: ( ) ____________________________ Shipping Address: ________________________________________________________________________________ City: _____________________________________________________ State: _____ Zip: ______________________ My Credit Card Information: _______________________________________________________________________ You may photocopy this page and send it with your check or credit card info to: Our 100th NICHOLAS SMITH TRAINS Year of Serving Toy Train Hobbyists 2343 West Chester Pike • Broomall, PA 19008 To order by phone: (800) 848-9119 • To order by Fax: (610) 359-9846 Visit our website: www.nstrains.com APRIL 2011 • Model Railroader 21 ORDER ALL FOUR AND RECEIVE A $20-OFF DEAL